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With Fire, Amazon essentially has an independent OS. The only reason to by Palm would be that Google will not protect you as an Android maker and you need your
by MichaelApproved 15y ago
With Fire, Amazon essentially has an independent OS. The only reason to by Palm would be that Google will not protect you as an Android maker and you need your own patent portfolio to defend yourself.
- nodata 15y agoDidn't Amazon work with Google to create the Fire?
- octover 15y agoNo, they didn't. The biggest sign you can see out in the open is that the Fire is running a fork of 2.3 Gingerbread instead of 3.0 Honeycomb or the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich.
- nodata 15y agoOh yes, from looking at them essentially forking it, it looks like they didn't work together. But my question was whether or not they _did_ work together, one of the tech sites wrote that they did. I will try and find the reference.
- RexRollman 15y agoI seem to remember that as well but I have no reference for it.
- w33ble 15y agoThey actually forked earlier than that. Everything I've read has said the forked 2.1, which means Amazon has been developing the Fire for some time now, with impressive secrecy to boot.